Nearly 100,000 schools/institutions serve school lunches to 30 million students each day

Latest Journal Issue Features Article on Swedish School Meals

January 9, 2014 – Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to read more about other school nutrition operations? Be sure to check out The Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, SNA’s peer-reviewed research journal published twice a year. The exclusively digital publication features research articles on topics critical to the successful operation of school meal programs.

One of the articles from the Fall 2013 issue, “Nutrient Content of Consumed Elementary School Lunches: A Pilot Study From Sweden” by Ulla Rosander, Dietitian Licentiate; Kimmo Rumpunen, PhD; Helena Lindmark-Mansson, PhD; Bo Gullberg, MSc; Marie Paulsson, PhD; and Ingvar Holm, PhD, provides a look at the nutrient content of Swedish school meals consumed by students in the context of national recommendations regarding food composition and intake.